Chapter Summaries

Gaara supervised the Chunin Exams in the Demon Desert while concealing his discovery that Kaede was being guarded by two Takigakure jonin. His Sand Eye found Kochi and Yura, but Kaede spotted and dispersed it before Gaara could search for her.

• Konoha sent Sakura, Ino, and Choji to the exams after Tenzō recommended them in place of their missing instructors.
• Rasa assigned Gaara to supervise the exams despite Yashamaru's concerns about threats from the opposition and Obito.
• The examinees began the second round in the Demon Desert, where teams had to find the other half of their scrolls within seventy-two hours.
• Gaara learned that Kaede's supposed teammates Doki and Jun were the jonin Kochi and Yura, and ordered the investigators not to tell Rasa.
• Gaara used Sand Eye to locate Kochi and Yura, but Kaede appeared in the eye and dispersed it with a stick.

Shamu began a large-scale resurrection using his Underworld Reincarnation Technique, while the gathered families and friends waited for their loved ones. After Madara resurrected Tobirama and temporarily sealed his soul in the King of Hell, Shamu used Tobirama’s memories to attempt to recreate him as the first test of Orochimaru’s soul experiment.

• Families and friends gathered in Orochimaru’s basement to await the resurrection of their loved ones, while Tenten remained uninformed about Neji’s return.
• Madara used the Rebirth Rinnegan Technique to resurrect Tobirama, who then spoke with Orochimaru about his condition.
• Madara extracted Tobirama’s soul and placed it in the King of Hell’s mouth for temporary storage, earning Shamu an Impure World Reincarnation technique reward.
• Orochimaru prepared four sets of enhanced Impure World materials without sacrifices, and Shamu began the Underworld Reincarnation Technique.
• The array showed no response at Tobirama’s position until Shamu drew on Tobirama’s memories, causing the inscribed paper to surge.

Obito ambushed Han’s escort and captured the Five-Tails, Kokuō, after killing or scattering the Iwagakure guards. He pursued Chutai after the survivor tried to summon reinforcements, and the chapter ended with Obito striking underground and leaving a dark red stain in the sand.

• Scorpion and Kakuzu discussed their plan to capture Gaara and obtain a puppet scroll in Demon Desert.
• Han’s team was ambushed when Dokoku and Doshu were dragged underground, and Obito appeared before the remaining guards.
• Obito overwhelmed Han’s guards, while Han used Boil Release to throw Chutai away and order him to seek reinforcements.
• Han transformed into Kokuō, but Obito used Shinra Tensei and Kamui to injure the Five-Tails and capture it.
• Chutai summoned a mole and fled underground, but Obito caught up and struck the ground with Wood Release, leaving a dark red stain.

Flying Waterfall gathered Shamu, Minato, and Hidden Mist Village leaders to confront Cloud Village over its long-range strikes. Minato transported the group to the Land of Lightning, where Shamu estimated they could fly to Cloud Village in about an hour.

• Flying Waterfall greeted Hozuki Suigetsu at the Hidden Mist Village office while Shisui and Yoya joined Shamu and Minato.
• Mei Terumi arrived with Zabuza and Ao, and Flying Waterfall told her that Shamu and Minato would back Hidden Mist Village as they pressured Cloud Village.
• Minato activated Kurama Mode and used Flying Thunder God to transport the group, including Mei Terumi, to the Land of Lightning.
• Shamu surveyed the terrain and used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to lift the group into the air toward Cloud Village.

Mei Terumi told Minato that Obito had captured the Three-Tails and agreed to convene a Six Kage Summit. Meanwhile, Obito brought the Sky Ninja force to Jitong Lake to attack Konoha, while he headed for Kumogakure to pursue another objective.

• Mei Terumi told Minato that Obito had taken the Three-Tails as soon as it revived, and Minato agreed to arrange a Six Kage Summit.
• Minato met Shisui at a port in the Land of Radiance and told him about Shion's prophecy of death.
• Obito transported eight Sky Ninja ships to Jitong Lake, placing their force within half an hour of Konoha.
• Obito told Shinno, Hiruko, and Muku to find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki while he dealt with another target.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and headed for Kumogakure.

Yoya, Naruto, and Sasuke fought Momoshiki while the gathered shinobi watched and studied the Otsutsuki’s abilities. Naruto and Sasuke pressured Momoshiki but struggled to overcome his regeneration and stamina, while Urashiki was driven to the barrier by his opponents.

• Yoya yielded the fight to Sasuke after concluding that his speed surpassed Momoshiki’s, though his limited reserves made prolonged combat difficult.
• Naruto and Sasuke coordinated attacks against Momoshiki, aiming to remove body parts for Orochimaru’s research while trying to capture him alive.
• Naruto and Sasuke used Sage-powered forms to fight Momoshiki together, but his speed and experience let him counter their strikes and recover from their wounds.
• Minato, Itachi, Yoya, and the other shinobi watched the battle, with Cloud Village recording the Otsutsuki for later study.
• Urashiki struggled against his opponents and was pushed to the edge of the barrier, relying on his Rinnegan’s time reversal to survive.

Shamu gave his final instructions before he and Kaguya Otsutsuki vanished into ash, leaving the Shinobi World safe but its survivors grieving. Hagoromo Otsutsuki rejected the truth of his failure, while Madara died after reflecting with Hashirama on Shamu’s legacy.

• Shamu told Naruto to ask Minato to handle Hinata's matter, gave Sasuke training advice, and entrusted Haku's affairs to Kimimaro.
• Minato helped Kimimaro channel the All-Killing Ash Bones into Shamu, and Shamu and Kaguya Otsutsuki turned to ash together.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki refused to accept that Shamu had proved him wrong, abandoned his plan to destroy the Shinobi World, and set the Giant Tenseigan to draw meteors toward the Moon.
• Minato collected Shamu's Sage Core and handed it to Orochimaru.
• Hashirama and Tobirama explained the Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu to the dying Madara, who acknowledged Shamu's achievements before closing his eyes.

Naruto learned why Shamu felt protective of the Naruto from his time-space, while Minato explained Orochimaru’s achievements and urged the others to respect him. Shamu then met Eida and Code with Madara, whose immunity to Eida’s charm led Code to attack Shamu, who shattered Code’s claw.

• Orochimaru told Naruto that Shamu had raised the Naruto from his time-space as his own disciple after taking him in at age five.
• Minato explained that Shamu had revived Kushina and him in that time-space and described Orochimaru’s medical technology and achievements as Hokage.
• Naruto apologized to Orochimaru, who said he held no grudge and joked that Naruto could become Hokage.
• Shamu used the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique to help Madara fly, then met Eida and Code.
• Madara said Eida’s charm had no effect on him, and Eida tried to win Shamu’s favor before he rejected her act.
• Code attacked Shamu through a Claw Mark, but Shamu punched and shattered Code’s claw.

Naruto and Hinata’s families gathered at the Hyuga estate for their engagement ceremony, with Shamu guiding the nervous couple through the formalities. Naruto placed a ring on Hinata’s finger, and the ceremony ended with both families smiling.

• Minato and Kushina showed Naruto the engagement clothes Kushina had prepared, and Shamu praised them.
• Shamu, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto arrived at the Hyuga estate, where Hiashi and Hizashi welcomed them with Hinata, Neji, and Hanabi.
• Shamu encouraged Naruto and Hinata to walk together, and Naruto took Hinata’s hand as they followed him inside.
• The families skipped several traditional steps because of the war and proceeded directly to the ring exchange.
• Naruto placed a ring on Hinata’s finger while Shamu reassured him, and the gathered family members watched happily.

Madara summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and prepared to force the Shinobi Alliance together, while Shamu sent Minato to help Naruto and confronted Madara himself. Madara and Shamu each formed a gigantic Susanoo, and Shamu ordered most of the Allied Shinobi Forces to retreat before their clash continued.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that descendants of Hamura had taken the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from Obito, and reported that Obito was bringing it to the southern battlefield.
• Madara used the Summoning Technique, making Minato and Naruto feel a burning sensation in their abdomens, while Naruto fought White Zetsu with Kurama's help.
• Shamu sent Minato to assist Naruto and told him to gather the units toward the center, then flew to Madara and challenged him.
• Madara formed a gigantic Susanoo, but Shamu formed an even larger-looking one just as quickly, thrilling the Uchiha Clan members watching.
• Madara and Shamu's Susanoo weapons collided, sending the battlefield's fighters flying, and Itachi and Yoya shielded the Uchiha with their Susanoo.
• Shamu ordered the Uchiha to stay behind and most of the Allied Shinobi Forces to retreat to headquarters as the two Susanoo continued fighting.

Tobi used White Zetsu Chakra to raise a Wood Human near the city wall, prompting the Shinobi Alliance to evacuate the sentries and alert headquarters. On the northern battlefield, Uchiha Madara emerged from a coffin in an Impure World Reincarnation body and learned that an Uchiha leader had repeatedly disrupted the plan.

• Tobi drew Chakra from White Zetsu and raised a massive Wood Human, while Hyuga Yuto spotted it and fired a signal flare.
• The sentries boarded Cloud Village aircraft and flew inward, dropping Flying Thunder God Kunai as Ino used the Mind Body Switch Technique to notify headquarters.
• The Shinobi Alliance continued its fierce fight against White Zetsu on the northern battlefield as Sasuke grew exhausted, Itachi protected the Uchiha, and Shisui searched for Hiruko.
• Black Zetsu and Disornas opened a coffin, and Uchiha Madara emerged from it in an Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that an Uchiha leader had exposed Obito, taken Nagato, and disrupted their plans, and Uchiha Madara questioned whether the leader truly had the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Otsutsuki Hikari traveled to Shinobi Star to plant a black core in its sun and investigate the newly ascended Space Star God Shamu. Hikari attacked Madara and Minato with his light-speed movement, but Shamu trapped him inside a ten-kilometer Spatial Barrier.

• Hikari sent the black core into Shinobi Star's sun before heading to investigate Shamu.
• Shamu, Minato, and Madara confronted Hikari as he arrived near Shinobi Star.
• Hikari introduced himself as Yōshiki's disciple and urged Shamu to surrender the Super-Energy Star and join the Divine Garden Clan.
• Shamu tried to seal Hikari in a Void Coffin, but Hikari escaped using movement at the speed of light and cut Madara's throat.
• Minato dodged Hikari's attack, and Madara and Minato recognized that Hikari's movement had a weakness.
• Shamu erected a Spatial Barrier covering ten kilometers, trapping Hikari as he mocked Shamu's power.

Shamu showed Hashirama and Tobirama evidence of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes, leaving Tobirama overwhelmed with regret over his choice of successor and his treatment of the Uchiha. He then warned Hashirama that the Fourth Shinobi World War was approaching and began explaining Madara’s plan to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Shamu gave Tsunade booklets detailing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes, and Hashirama and Tobirama read them.
• Tsunade explained that Shamu and Orochimaru had revived Dan and the Fourth Hokage, and that Shamu intended to revive Nawaki.
• Tobirama learned that Hiruzen had died alongside Danzo and that the Sarutobi Clan had betrayed Konoha.
• Shamu rebuked Tobirama for persecuting the Uchiha and choosing Hiruzen, leaving Tobirama filled with regret.
• Shamu told Hashirama that the Fourth Shinobi World War would partly concern him and revealed that Madara had sought Hashirama’s tissue to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Shamu explained that Madara’s goal was the Infinite Tsukuyomi and began describing the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet.

Obito learned Black Zetsu’s plan to use Stone Golems to pressure the Allied Shinobi Forces while Black Zetsu prepared to restore Madara’s body and investigate Jigen’s condition. In Valley Country, Tobirama ordered Jiraiya to expose Kara’s capture of the Six-Tails and demand the country’s cooperation.

• Obito learned that Black Zetsu and Disornas had left to revive Madara and decided to advance on Konoha with the Stone Golems and White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu used a special White Zetsu to restore Madara’s corpse and planned to infuse it with Chakra before using Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu suspected the Six-Tails was gone, considered using the Box of Paradise to revive it, and ruled out capturing Minato or Naruto for Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Black Zetsu decided to visit Hyuga Sora after learning Obito had asked about the Six-Tails.
• Jiraiya entered the factory in Valley Country after Tobirama’s signal and found corpses and evidence of experiments.
• Tobirama ordered Jiraiya to report that Kara had captured the Six-Tails, demand Valley Country’s cooperation, and investigate Kara’s other bases.

Naruto brought Uchiha Shamu to Tenten’s shop, where Shamu asked to buy three Six Paths Ninja Tools. As they returned, Naruto told Shamu about Boruto and Hikari’s relationship, and Shamu decided to see how strong Boruto had become.

• Naruto introduced Shamu to Tenten, who was surprised to meet another Uchiha clansman.
• Shamu asked to buy the Bashō Fan, Rope of Bewilderment, and Crimson Gourd, but Tenten said they were display pieces and hesitated to sell them.
• Naruto urged Tenten to consider Shamu’s offer, and she decided to trust Naruto and sell the tools when Shamu returned.
• Naruto told Shamu how Boruto and Uchiha Hikari’s relationship had developed, including Hikari forcing a kiss on Boruto and driving Sarada and Mitsuki away.
• Naruto explained that Boruto’s White Karma had widened the gap between him and Sarada, and Shamu decided to see Boruto’s current strength.

Shamu met with Tsunade and Kakashi in Konoha and told them about the Sarutobi Clan’s fate in his timeline. He showed Tsunade memories of her life with Dan, leaving her overwhelmed and unsure whether to pursue that future.

• Naruto and Sasuke escorted Shamu to meet Tsunade and Kakashi, who asked about their relationships in his timeline.
• Shamu told Tsunade that the Sarutobi Clan had grown powerful through Kushina and Minato’s inheritance, then was purged by Hashirama and Tobirama after defecting to Valley Country and joining Kara.
• Tsunade said she wanted her grandfathers to decide the Sarutobi Clan’s fate, and Shamu asked whether she wanted Dan revived as her partner.
• Shamu showed Tsunade a genjutsu of Dan’s revival, their marriage, and their later life together.
• Tsunade wept after experiencing the memories and asked Shamu what she should do.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki used his Rinnegan and soul power to overlay the Limbo Clones’ spaces onto himself, letting him overpower Shamu and Momoshiki and seal the fighters inside a barrier. As the moon continued falling, Shamu revealed that the Cloud Village’s aerial fortress had fired its Space-Time Chakra Cannon at it and opened his system panel.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki used Banshō Ten'in to pull Shamu and Momoshiki toward him, then struck Shamu into a crater and cut Momoshiki in half before Momoshiki reconnected his body.
• Momoshiki recognized Hagoromo’s spatial overlay technique and realized Hagoromo would die within half an hour, while the falling moon threatened to destroy the world.
• Hagoromo trapped Minato, Urashiki, and the others inside a Space-Time Sealing barrier, preventing their escape as Nagato pursued Urashiki with Wood Release.
• Shamu rose from the crater and challenged Hagoromo’s claim that nobody could stop the moon from outside the barrier.
• The Cloud Village’s aerial fortress fired its Space-Time Chakra Cannon at the moon, and Shamu opened the system panel while the projectile traveled toward it.

Shamu woke after sleeping unusually long, assigned Haku and Kimimaro to protect civilians from falling moon fragments, and traveled to the Land of Wind to prepare for the Otsutsuki attack. There, he found leaders and fighters from several villages gathered with more than three hundred Uchiha to channel their power into strengthening his body and thawing his Karma.

• Haku fled Shamu's bed before he woke and told Kimimaro he wanted to speak honestly with Shamu rather than follow Tsunade's suggestion.
• Kimimaro reminded Haku that an Otsutsuki attack was coming, and Haku agreed to focus on the crisis first.
• Shamu sent Haku and the newly reincarnated Kimimaro to guard two underground shelters in Konoha, then reassured Haku that they would talk after his reincarnation.
• Shamu used the Flying Thunder God mark to travel to an abandoned ruin in the Land of Wind, where Gaara had cleared sand from the plaza.
• Minato had brought more than three hundred Uchiha, whose helmets and tubes would channel their Chakra and ocular power into Shamu to strengthen his body and accelerate his Karma's thaw.
• Representatives from several villages gathered at the ruin, and Shamu wondered whether they had brought too many people to face the three Otsutsuki.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki saw Shamu use Otsutsuki powers and concluded that Shamu was an enemy, while deciding he needed a proxy to contact Hamura. In Konoha, Hyuga Sora continued gathering intelligence as he secretly pursued revenge for his brother’s death.

• Hagoromo watched the heavenly screen show Hamura’s power bringing down a meteor and considered how to contact his brother through a proxy.
• Hagoromo saw Jigen seize Urashiki’s body, then recognized Shamu’s Karma State II as proof that Shamu was an Otsutsuki.
• Hagoromo decided Shamu stood against the planet’s native inhabitants and felt an even stronger desire to kill him.
• Hyuga Sora found four clumps of pale purple sludge while clearing toxins from Konoha’s ruins and carried them back as evidence.
• Sora hid his anger from fellow clan members, lit incense before his brother Hyuga Kanade’s memorial tablet, and vowed to avenge him.

Minato’s group found Kawaki, but Boro’s attempt to retrieve him sparked a battle that ended with Sasuke and Minato killing him. Jigen realized Kawaki had died, leaving Kara’s plans in jeopardy.

• Jigen let Delta go check on the missing vessel, instructing her to follow Kashin Koji’s plan and report any problems.
• Minato’s group found Kawaki while escorting the captured Ao and Kashin Koji, and Boro arrived to take him back to Kara.
• Kawaki activated his Karma, overpowered Boro, and unleashed an explosion that Minato shielded the group from with a Nine-Tails cloak.
• Naruto and Sasuke arrived, and Sasuke pierced Kawaki’s heart before Minato destroyed his brain and killed him.
• Sasuke burned Kawaki’s body to ash, and Jigen dropped his wineglass in shock upon sensing Kawaki’s death.